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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 139<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapters 347<\/a> and 349<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":182919,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62383,"identifier":"22.1-291.1:1","token":"22.1\/15\/1\/22.1-291.1_1","url":"\/22.1-291.1_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-291.1_1\/","token":"22.1\/15\/1\/22.1-291.1_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"School counselors; staff time","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-291.1:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Appraisal and advisement<\/span>” means the act of assisting students in exploring their abilities, interests, skills, and achievement to make decisions and develop immediate and long-range goals and plans.\n\t\t\t“Consultation, collaboration, and referrals<\/span>” means the act of (i) providing information to and receiving information from individuals or teams to support a student’s needs; (ii) working and communicating with parents<\/span><\/span>, teachers, administrators, other school staff, and community stakeholders to (a) promote achievement for a specific student or (b) promote systemic change to address the needs of groups of underserved or underrepresented groups of students; and (iii) referring students to outside providers and resources as necessary.\n\t\t\t“Crisis counseling<\/span>” means the act of providing counseling to individual students or small groups of students to help such students navigate critical situations such as emergencies and crises.\n\t\t\t“Direct counseling<\/span>” means school counseling curriculum lessons and activities<\/span>, individual counseling<\/span>, small group counseling<\/span>, crisis counseling<\/span>, appraisal and advisement<\/span>, and consultation, collaboration, and referrals<\/span>. “Direct counseling<\/span>” does not include program planning and school support<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Individual counseling<\/span>” means the act of providing developmentally appropriate, goal-focused, and brief<\/span> counseling sessions to individual students to address issues<\/span> relating to mental health and wellness, social and emotional development, academic achievement, and college and career readiness.\n\t\t\t“Program planning and school support<\/span>” means the act of defining, planning, managing, and assessing school counseling activities. “Program planning and school support<\/span>” includes the act of reviewing data, creating annual student outcome goals, creating action plans and results reports, holding annual administrative conferences, monitoring use-of-time, creating annual and weekly calendars, and facilitating school counseling advisory councils.\n\t\t\t“School counseling curriculum lessons and activities<\/span>” means the act of providing data-informed lessons or activities at the classroom level or on a schoolwide basis to provide students with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills appropriate for their developmental levels.\n\t\t\t“Small group counseling<\/span>” means the act of providing counseling to small groups of students with similar developmental or situational challenges with the goal of improving achievement, attendance, mental health or wellness, or behavioral outcomes. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each school counselor employed by a school board<\/span> in a public elementary<\/span> or secondary school shall spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal school hours in the direct counseling<\/span> of individual students or groups of students and may spend up to 20 percent of his staff time during normal school hours on program planning and school support<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCHOOL COUNSELORS; STAFF TIME (\u00a7 22.1-291.1:1)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Appraisal and advisement” means the act of assisting students in\nexploring their abilities, interests, skills, and achievement to make decisions\nand develop immediate and long-range goals and plans.\n\t\t\t“Consultation, collaboration, and referrals” means the act of (i)\nproviding information to and receiving information from individuals or teams to\nsupport a student’s needs; (ii) working and communicating with parents,\nteachers, administrators, other school staff, and community stakeholders to (a)\npromote achievement for a specific student or (b) promote systemic change to\naddress the needs of groups of underserved or underrepresented groups of\nstudents; and (iii) referring students to outside providers and resources as\nnecessary.\n\t\t\t“Crisis counseling” means the act of providing counseling to\nindividual students or small groups of students to help such students navigate\ncritical situations such as emergencies and crises.\n\t\t\t“Direct counseling” means school counseling curriculum lessons\nand activities, individual counseling, small group counseling, crisis\ncounseling, appraisal and advisement, and consultation, collaboration, and\nreferrals. “Direct counseling” does not include program planning and\nschool support.\n\t\t\t“Individual counseling” means the act of providing\ndevelopmentally appropriate, goal-focused, and brief counseling sessions to\nindividual students to address issues relating to mental health and wellness,\nsocial and emotional development, academic achievement, and college and career\nreadiness.\n\t\t\t“Program planning and school support” means the act of defining,\nplanning, managing, and assessing school counseling activities. “Program\nplanning and school support” includes the act of reviewing data, creating\nannual student outcome goals, creating action plans and results reports, holding\nannual administrative conferences, monitoring use-of-time, creating annual and\nweekly calendars, and facilitating school counseling advisory councils.\n\t\t\t“School counseling curriculum lessons and activities” means the\nact of providing data-informed lessons or activities at the classroom level or\non a schoolwide basis to provide students with the knowledge, attitudes, and\nskills appropriate for their developmental levels.\n\t\t\t“Small group counseling” means the act of providing counseling to\nsmall groups of students with similar developmental or situational challenges\nwith the goal of improving achievement, attendance, mental health or wellness,\nor behavioral outcomes.\n\nB. Each school counselor employed by a school board in a public elementary or\nsecondary school shall spend at least 80 percent of his staff time during normal\nschool hours in the direct counseling of individual students or groups of\nstudents and may spend up to 20 percent of his staff time during normal school\nhours on program planning and school support.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 139; 2023, cc. 347, 349.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}